Senior Service Heads to New Orleans: Michael Lombardi '09

Last summer, Michael Lombardi '09 attended the National Student Leadership Conference at New York University, a 10-day program for high school seniors in business and entrepreneurship.


"It was fun," he said, "We did a lot of simulations, building our own companies and we had a lot of guest speakers. And we got to stay in one of the dorms at NYU."

Lombardi liked the experience so much that he decided to devote his Senior Service Project to the organization's work. This winter, he signed up for the Alumni Service Program of the conference to spend a week in New Orleans over his February vacation.

"We’re going to be rebuilding family houses. There were some overseas opportunities, but they conflicted with school dates, so I picked this."

Unlike most seniors on their service projects, Lombardi chose to make an extra effort and include travel in his service plans. "I like helping people. Usually I go skiing over vacation, but I wanted to help. A lot of people are ignorant about the destruction that's still down there and I’ll be able to see what it's like."